"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

Got home real late last night after a full day of golfing, drinking and hanging out with the guys, and my better half had left a message in the kitchen. ..................... I think she wants me to eat more fruit, bless her heart! She is always thinking of me.

Disclaimer: Anything I say on topics of Politics, Economics, Pychology, History, really anything not concerned with the natural sciences and mathematics and especially topics concerning human behavior and/or thoughts, that is not associated with a proper reference is pure speculation on my part.

Disclaimer: Anything I say on topics of Politics, Economics, Pychology, History, really anything not concerned with the natural sciences and mathematics and especially topics concerning human behavior and/or thoughts, that is not associated with a proper reference is pure speculation on my part.

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

Roy Hunter wrote:Is that a real banana, or is it just your perception of a banana?

It could be 2/6 real...

That depends. What are the chances of the outcome being real?

IF one assumes that there are 2 chances out of 6 for it being real...

AND one assumes that you have already gone through one chance without it being real...

AND one assumes that, of the 6 chances, two possible real outcomes are both possible AND consecutive out of the 6, given a consecutive rotational opportunity of chances...

THEN it is easy to deduce that a 2/6 (or 1/3) possibility did not come to be on the first chance. That leaves 4/6 or (2/3) of the possible permutations that wouldn't be real on the first chance.

Etc, etc.

Essentially, IF you are tied up by some wierdo with a riddle fetish who tells you that he's got a 6-chamber revolver loaded with two neighborly bullets and four neighborly empty chambers, then spins the chamber, points the gun at your head, pulls the trigger, and ends up with no bullet through your skull, then asks you if you'd rather he spin the chambers before he pulls the trigger a second time or not...

THEN this mental exercise is important and you should remember that the freshly spun option gives you 2/6 (or 1/3) chance of getting shot, while the already pulled trigger without a bullet and consecutively pulled trigger afterward gives you 1/4 chance of getting shot.

Since 1/4 is less of a chance than 1/3, you are better off not spinning the chambers. Of course, you're better off by far being in the position to ask this as a tricky interview question than you are having to answer it.

Rev. Rowan Redbeard wrote:Of course, you're better off by far being in the position to ask this as a tricky interview question than you are having to answer it.

I'm not too sure that is the case when asking tricky interview questions involves handing over a loaded gun.

Disclaimer: Anything I say on topics of Politics, Economics, Pychology, History, really anything not concerned with the natural sciences and mathematics and especially topics concerning human behavior and/or thoughts, that is not associated with a proper reference is pure speculation on my part.

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

I hope this is real, it's been on a few sensible websites but I still think it's too funny to be true. Imagine if it is, I can see a new game of 'who can get the farthest from the pub without being covered in ink'

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything - Friedrich Nietzsche

The great thing about Beaker is his ability to provoke while still being decorous, or at least within acceptable rules of conduct - Qwertyuiopasd